years and now accounts for approximately 10 percent of the highbush 

 blueberry acreage. More acreage of this variety would have been planted 

 if more plants had been available. 



Oregon 



Mrs. Elvera Horrell, Extension Agricultural Economist, Oregon State 

 University, Corvallis, Oregon, furnished the following data on the high- 

 bush blueberry industry in Oregon as reported in the U.S. Census of 

 Agriculture, 1959 (General Report). 



Oregon Blueberries 



Farms reporting 

 Acreage 



Avg./farm 

 Quantity harvested, qts. 



Avg./acre 

 Value, dollars 



Avg./qt. 



1959 



127 



693 



5.5 



221,791 



320 



62,213 



29 



1954 



108 



130 



1.2 



105,364- 



810 



34,770 



33 



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POMOLOGICAL PARAGRAPH 



Tree Spacing - During the past 2 years, the writer has visited a 

 number of apple orchards with close tree spacings, and has concluded 

 that trees on E.M. VII spaced closer than 15 feet in the row will be 

 difficult to manage as individual tree units. An exception may be spur- 

 type Delicious, which due to their upright growth characteristic, might 

 be spaced 12 feet apart. 



Tree spacing between rows should be sufficient to allow room for 

 use of bulk boxes while leaving space to drive past the boxes. There- 

 fore, a good planting distance for most varieties on E.M. VII would 

 appear to be 15' x 25'. 



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